Moment software millionaire John McAfee caught in Guatemala

Footage has emerged purporting to show the moment fugitive software
millionaire John McAfee was apprehended by police in Guatamala.

2:23PM GMT 06 Dec 2012

Guatemalan police arrested US software guru John McAfee on Wednesday for illegally entering the country and said it would seek to expel him to neighbouring Belize, which he fled after being sought for questioning over his neighbour's murder.

Mr McAfee, who had been in hiding for three weeks, crossed into Guatemala with his 20-year-old girlfriend to evade authorities in Belize who wanted to quiz him as "a person of interest" about the killing of fellow American Gregory Faull.

"He entered the country illegally and we are going to seek his expulsion for this crime," Interior Minister Mauricio Lopez Bonilla said. Mr McAfee was detained by Guatemalan police and a member of Interpol at the upscale Intercontinental hotel in Guatemala City.

Vice magazine, which has been following Mr McAfee, recorded exclusive footage of the arrest.

One of Silicon Valley's first entrepreneurs to build an Internet fortune, the 67-year-old made millions of dollars through the antivirus software that now carries his name.

Mr McAfee's behaviour has been increasingly erratic in recent years but there is no international arrest warrant for him. Police in Belize say he is not a prime suspect.

Government spokesman Francisco Cuevas said the entrepreneur would be expelled to Belize and he expected the process to be completed by early Thursday morning.

Fernando Lucero, spokesman for the Guatemala's immigration department, said immediate deportation had been ruled out.

Mr McAfee's lawyer Telesforo Guerra was seeking an injunction to have him released and the American said on hisblog that he would not now be returned to the Belize border until a higher judge reviewed the case.

Mr McAfee was taken to a residence belonging to the immigration department guarded by a small group of police.

He had been seeking political asylum in Guatemala, which has been embroiled in a long-running territorial dispute with Belize.

The entrepreneur has said he believes authorities in Belize will kill him if he turns himself in for questioning. Belize's prime minister has denied this, calling Mr McAfee paranoid and "bonkers."